News tagged with peanut products

Eat your greens: they can prevent the ill-effects of toxins in foods

(PhysOrg.com) -- LLNL researchers have found that a small dose of chlorophyll or chlorophyllin, found in green leafy vegetables, could reverse the effects of aflatoxin poisoning, a potent, naturally occurring ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 25, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New Farming Wrinkle May Help Peanut Growers

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a combination of conservation tillage and deficit irrigation management in peanut production can promote conservation of water during the early growing season without hurting yields, ...

Biology / Other

created Jan 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Texas Tech Using Remote Sensing Technology to Improve Peanut Crops

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are using remote sensing to estimate biophysical characteristics including ground cover and yield.

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lawmaker wants probe of E. coli and school lunches

(AP) -- The chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee wants an investigation into the risk of deadly E. coli getting into school lunches.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Private inspections of food companies seen as weak

(AP) -- The mortgage meltdown exposed the weakness of self-regulation in financial markets. Now the salmonella outbreak is doing the same for the food industry.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Following peanut product recall, six in ten Americans taking steps to reduce risk of sickness

A new national survey conducted by the Harvard Opinion Research Program at the Harvard School of Public Health finds that the vast majority (93%) of Americans have heard or read about the recent ongoing recall of peanut products. ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Salmonella: Tough to crack when it’s in peanuts

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the second time in two years, a nationwide outbreak of salmonellosis has been tied to peanut products. This time, over 570 people have been sickened and over 1700 products have been taken off supermarket ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Salmonella outbreak: What you need to know

Consumers must remain vigilant about tossing salmonella-tainted peanut products found during a recent outbreak, food safety experts said. A few more people get sick every week. More than 400 products have been recalled, and ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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